AxelPolleres (Q54860587)<p><a href="https://wien.rocks/tags/IchForscheGernInWien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IchForscheGernInWien</span></a> <a href="https://wien.rocks/tags/TopForschungWien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TopForschungWien</span></a> <a href="https://wien.rocks/tags/Wien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wien</span></a></p><p>Last week we launched a campaign to highlight research in Vienna by telling our own "research stories", which I gladly would like to highlight again - this time in English 🙂:</p><p>As professor of Data and Knowledge Engineering at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, I do research in the field of Artificial Intelligence and intelligent data integration with the aim of making the increasingly unmanageable amounts of data usable for both humans *and* machines. As a focus technology we particularly investigate the role <a href="https://wien.rocks/tags/knowledgegraphs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knowledgegraphs</span></a> in combining symbolic and subsymbolic AI.</p><p>Times have become more difficult and darker for research in many countries. Here in Vienna, the conditions for science and research have constantly improved over the last years. I am convinced that this will continue and that the corresponding efforts and support will be even greater in the future. As a member of the Viennese research community, I will actively participate in this endeavour. </p><p>Because I like living and researching in Vienna: being originally from Vienna, after several years abroad, roughly 15 years ago I returned and found a new "old" home, with lots of colleagues not only amongst researchers, but also in the public adminstration, in my university and research funding agencies who *care* to improve the conditions for researchers, create new opportunities and networks. Thanks to all these people, it is especially important in times like these to <a href="https://wien.rocks/tags/standtogether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>standtogether</span></a> for believing in and advancing <a href="https://wien.rocks/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a>!</p><p>---</p><p>Für die Forschung sind die Zeiten in vielen Ländern schwieriger und finsterer geworden. Hier in Wien wurden die Bedingungen für Wissenschaft und Forschung in den letzten Jahren immer besser. Ich bin überzeugt davon, dass das auch so bleibt und dass die entsprechenden Anstrengungen und Unterstützungen in Zukunft noch stärker ausfallen werden. Als Mitglied der Wiener Forschungscommunity werde ich daran mitwirken. Denn ich lebe und forsche gerne in Wien!</p><p><a href="https://wien.rocks/tags/IchForscheGernInWien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IchForscheGernInWien</span></a> <a href="https://wien.rocks/tags/TopForschungWien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TopForschungWien</span></a> <a href="https://wien.rocks/tags/Wien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wien</span></a></p>